ttz.md

I should have started this earlier, I'm already on season 5.
Okay, going back to the beginning! So... this is gonna be slightly weird because I've just seen them all, so seasons 1-4 won't be genuine reactions, but more like "oh yeah, I liked this one", or whatever.
Concept (1958)
- I haven't seen this yet! It's called the Time Element, which aired on Desilu.
- This was amazing! Almost better than the actual show! Long show, too, 51 minutes.
Season 1
- Where is everybody? - This has the original pitch on it, which I skipped last time! And I'm watching it realizing that I don't remember it that much! Probably because I don't pay very close attention... can't, in fact. Which causes me to believe I catch more than I really do. It's always fun when an episode only has one character for most or all of the show. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  
  Damn, I just found this amazing channel by a teacher who uses TZ in the classroom: {{video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyGg_6TVxVE)}}
  I'm not even going to watch it all right now (or ever?) because I want to get on with the rest of them, but damn, is it thorough. If I ever want to do a deeper dive to produce more serious reviews these will be a goldmine! It's also currently running! I subbed to the channel, they did episode 17 just yesterday.
  Actually I watched the whole thing! He loved it, and ranked it mid-upper tier.
- One for the Angels - watching that commentary video is making me try to look deeper in order to appreciate the message. Oh! He gave some questions to ask! Let's do it! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Do you think the angel of death always knows what's going to happen in the end, i.e. is he simply pantomimingg thhis whole thing for the benefit of bookman? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - This kind of makes me fall into a free will debate, to which I say something along the lines of "the question is irrelevant because we have to assume we are responsible for our actions". I guess the question is... did he really get tricked? I think the satisfaction of the twist ending depends on it. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Does bookman's reaction to death (either the concept or the character) represent how most people think about it or does he have kind of a unique view here? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - I mostly just wonder why he's being so dumb by acting like such a dick after death was kind enough to give him a chance? It's honestly so baffling that it's hard for me to take it seriously. Like how can he be this stupid? Hmmm... I suppose now I wonder if it's actually realistic, and I just have overly high expectations of people. logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - Perhaps it's jjust an awkward setup to move the story along, which shows his compassion when he begs to take the place of the girl. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - What are your moments of awe for the episode? What moves you emotionally or prompts you to think more deeply? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Idk, let's hear what the video says. Damn, his analysis is so long-winded that I find it hard to follow. He's reading poetry by Milton, and quoting the Bible to theorize about angels and the devil. Yeah... this kind of made it seem like an English assignment where we are challenged to find layers and layers of meaning in some work which honestly doesn't seem that deep... brings back weird memories logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Mr. Denton on Doomsday - I didn't really like this one, it was kind of annoying. Yeah, just fucking weird and unrelatable. I might even say silly, but not in a funny way, like a stupid way. All I got to say is... that girl sure dresses up to hang at the saloon! Oh, hahaha it's Jeanne Cooper, from The Young and the Restless. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Has the need to maintain the skills that Define us only become worse by the voyeristic nature of social media and content creation, or is the pressure the same as it's always been? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - So this is like asking to reinterpret it in light of how things are today. Damn, well... I'd have to completely disregard the subject of the plot or something, because I don't know any people who shoot each other for sport. And as far as the voyeurism... I'm not sure if social media is more toxic than the spectators at the bar egging each other on... it's kind of the same thing. Now it's just run through beauty filters, and we've become more isolated, divided into bubbles, and, well completely absent from what we saw there. I don't know... again, maybe I'm taking it too literally. Let's just listen to the guy's thoughts and maybe that will help. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - How much responsibility should we give fate for Mr Denton finding his worth again? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - Ug, really? Don't ask me to entertain the idea of fate. logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - Fate is the man's name! Hahaha, I'm glad, I thought that was a stupid question. Even though the name is obviously intentional... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Our host, Joe Meyer, rated this one middle-lower, but on the website it says mid-mid. Maybe he came to appreciate it more since recording the video. Btw his website is https://www.thekeyofimagination.com and it's really good. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I didn't like this one very much. But I'll watch it anyway. Eh... na, I'll just watch Joe's video.
  - Damn, he really likes this one. LOL! Rod Serling said he wished he'd never come up with this one!
  - Joe's questions:
    - Could you see yourself getting trapped in the past like Barbara Jean?
    - Is there an entertainment nostalgia push? If so, has it failed or succeeded?
- Walking Distance - gonna skip as well, not rly feeling it logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Escape Clause - This one I liked a bit more. Though the relationship is fucking yikesy but isn't it that way with everyone... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The weird part is, he didn't actually kill her! She fell off the roof! Did he say he killed her because he wanted to go to jail, for the excitement? What's the deal? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh! He wants to get the electric chair! Cool, that makes more sense logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Joe actually rated it low-upper tier, despite having significant criticisms. so I'd actually agree completely. It was just... fun, in a way that I enjoyed more than the previous ones. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Lonely - Cool. Oh, this one hit me hard because the fucking dude was such an asshole. Damn, the other dudes are even worse. Like holy shit. They really want us to hate them. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The fembot is a complicated topic. It's so incredibly far fetched that it might as well be time travel. And I blame stories like these for pushing society to desire intelligent machines. It's kind of sick from our perspective. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Ugh, the ending is so awful, and confusing, because I would have fucking killed the dude. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - As unrealistic as it is, we're forced to conclude that the machine is a person, since it really has human level intelligence, emotions, and feels pain. They were in love. And the dude murdered her. Impossible, yes, by any measure of current or foreseeable science. But this is the reality of the story. Therefore, how can we possibly believe that he would have reacted so well to what he did? The story is in conflict with itself. Let's see what Joe says, this should be good. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This is the comment I left on Joe's video: logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - These episodes actually make me incredibly angry because I think they helped plant the seed in people's minds for desiring artificial companionship, and I believe this to be misguided and even delusional. As far as I'm concerned we might as well be talking about time travel, because in my opinion, we are so terribly far away from the development of human-level AI that society is likely to tear itself apart before we will get anywhere close. But... this won't stop companies from exploiting this misguided desire for profit, and we have this situation that we see now - fake AI being shoved into every tech product, making the experience worse, wasting resources, and setting the stage for continually fueling this obsession. All because people see episodes like this one and get the wrong idea, that this is something that is a) possible; and b) a good idea. When if anything, we should have taken away the opposite message, and interpreted it as a warning! logseq.order-list-type:: number
      
      We weren't supposed to take it as something that could ever happen, because it's a science fiction story, inviting us to temporarily suspend our disbelief in order to consider something new. So in this story, we are to assume that the robot is a person. And at the end, we witness a murder. After this, the victim's partner acts in such a way that I think ruins the story, because if all this is true, that she is a woman, has emotions, and feels pain, and they are in love, it shouldn't make any difference whether the inside of her head is wires and components or blood, fat, nerves and connective tissue. I think the episode betrays itself here by making him react so unnaturally. Allenby is the one who should be staying on the asteroid in my opinion, either as a prisoner, or a corpse. That would be, in my mind, the only satisfying ending.
- Time Enough at Last - People seem to be unfairly critical of Henry Bemis, because they seem to be missing the point that it's a dystopia. Society has gone bad, and therefore are only able to relate superficially, making them not worthy of interacting with. I can totally relate to this. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Question 1: Why do we seem so interested today in stories that involve almost the complete destruction of the species? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Question 2: Undoubtedly, Bemis is a character who has our empathy--maybe even our sympathy, but should we be laying more blame on him for his difficult life and even the final outcome of the episode? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - This was my comment: logseq.order-list-type:: number
      
      I find it hard to be too critical of Henry Bemis, because the premise of this episode is that it is a dystopia. If society ever loses its way so much that I was ridiculed for reading, I wouldn't want anything to do with anyone either. And what happens? Society destroys itself, and he was serendipitously saved only because of his isolation.
- Perchance to Dream - I think I liked this one! I don't remember how it goes yet. He has a recurring dream with the dancer at the carnival. And he can't get too scared because he has a heart condition or he'll die. Does he like... jump out the window? Hahaha I can't remember! Yes, he does, but only in his dream... overall it was fun, but felt a bit empty. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I wonder if this is true? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    
    They say a dream takes only a second or so, and yet in that second a man can live a lifetime.
- Judgment Night - What is this one? Not ringing a bell immediately... oh yeah.... dude is on the ship and doesn't know who he is. I remember now. Didn't like this one so much. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- And When the Sky was Opened - Huh, this one seems really unfamiliar. Blah, I'm just gonna skip this one... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- What You Need - Oh! This one was cool! I think... at least I remember it. Oh yeah, I remember the end too. This one is fun. Let's see what Joe's questions are: logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - If you could bestow this gift of foresight upon someone other than yourself, would you? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - Huh, you know it wasn't actually clear to me that that's what was going on. Was he aware? Or was it just... a funny feeling? Hehe I guess that's my question. Anyway, shelf that for the moment... Would I want anyone to have that power? Only if they wouldn't abuse it. And how would you know? And it's not like he used it for world changing stuff. In the end he saved his own ass. What does the world need? Less powerful people. Could we just make ppeople more aware, and thus less selfish and violent? I suppose the man could be actually seeing the future. Oh yes! You can see him perk up when Renard is approaching him from behind! It's supposed to tell us that he knows something is coming, it's written all over his face, but I have trouble noticing these things. Why does he always start with shoelaces and matches? To feel out the situation as he downloads the next part of the future? Oh yeah, the leaky pen. Almost forgot about that part. And it does get brought up whether he can see the future, and he just kind of nods, but he was also being threatened at the time so he might have been saying what needed to be said. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Is a lack of humor a genuine problem for Renard? In other words, is a healthy sense of humor an important part of a healthy life? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I think this is a nice way of saying "he's an asshole". And flabbergastedly so. If humor is what is necessary to not be like him, then yes, yes, yes. The man explicitly tells him that he needs serenity and humor. And patience. Right now I'm slightly confused because he has the shoes already and there's still 5 minutes left. Does he chase him around for 5 minutes? Oh... he spells it right out at the end. He says he saw that the guy was gonna kill him, and so he ended up getting slippery shoes. Weird. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Damn... this guy (Joe) is on fire! He's going all in on types of humor, both in classic greek texts and modern science. Splendid! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Four of Us are Dying - Oh yeah... the guy who can change his face. This one was meh. Gonna skip it and go to the next one. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Third from the Sun - oh yeah this is the one where they flee the earth to avoid being there when all out nuclear war breaks out. they get away, right? I'm pretty sure. Oh yeah, the girls pull a fast one from the back seat, so great. Worth watching just for the end, the rest is really weird. Oh, hahaha I forgot about the final twist! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Interesting, this video (Joe's) has many more views than the previous ones. He rated it top-top tier! Holy shit. I did not like it so much. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- I Shot an Arrow into the Air - This one was kind of cool. Let's go! ...I fell asleep while watching it, but I think I remember it enough to just head over to Joe's analysis. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Once again he nails it. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Hitch-Hiker - This one was fun. How many more do we have from Joe? There's 2, just this one and the next. What are his questions? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Question 1: Is there more to the hitch-hiker character than we might think? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Question 2: What is the purpose of the sailor in this episode? logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - Apparently to help her get gas because the station guy is an asshole and wouldn't get out of bed for her logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's just so weird... it will be interesting to see how he make sense of it, hahaha logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - omg, the dude at the gas station tells the girl to kick rocks but then sells gas when the sailor shows up logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - ew, it's also gross. The sailor dude is being gross. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's so weird how she doesn't speak her mind. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Yeah this is cringe as fuck. Why is she throwing herself at the dude. It might actually be one of the more annoying ones, all because of that scene in the car logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - No wonder I didn't like this, it depends on understanding or at least interest in topics of religion or mythology logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Fever - This one was just dropped by Joe 5 days ago. So it's the last time that we'll have his help. What are his questions? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Question 1: Is Franklin a tragic figure in the Aristotelian sense? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Question 2: What is psychologically happening to Franklin in this episode? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh god... the fucking gambling addiction one... fuck this shit, this was annoying logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Last Flight - Oh this one... with the old plane. I don't think this was terribly spectacular logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Actually I liked it better this time. I understood it better. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Coming back here because Joe's video is out. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Purple Testament - eh, this is a stupid war one. See how shitty my commentary is when I'm on my own? This is the one with the soldier who writes down the names of who is going to die. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Coming back here for Joe's analysis... let's see what he brings... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I actually didn't pay much attention, it bored the hell out of me... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Elegy - Oh yeah, this one was weird. Almost seems like they didn't know what they were doing... but Joe's analyses are starting to influence me, and if he's correct... Serling seems to always have something deep to say... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Just like... why? They are killed because of what seems to be a stupid mistake. It's tragic, you can see it right on his face when he realizes that he just poisoned them for nothing. Is there something else going on here? Listen to me now... I've been English-teacher-ed. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I think my takeaway was pretty misanthropic... they died because they were from Earth, which had wiped itself out in 1985 by an Atomic war which destroyed most of the surface. So... they're evil asshole people, therefore... they were violent and needed to die. Checks out if you ask me. You sure you don't want them to destroy your planet too? Kill all your animals and eat them? This take wouldn't make me many friends, but I think it's correct. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Lol, and the asteroid was explicitly created as an eternal paradise "for those who could afford it" logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - "While there are men, there can be no peace" logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I kind of like this one. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Alright, time for Joe's take logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This is pretty good, but I'm actually falling asleep because I've been deprived logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Mirror Image - Oh yeah, the fucking bus stop parallel universe thing. I wonder if I can extract more meaning from this one, because on the surface, it just seems weird and pointless. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Trying to reach for something... if the world seems upside down and no one makes any fucking sense, do not despair because you might be in a mirror universe? uh... not sure if I'm doing this right logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - What about the dude that strikes up conversation with her, what is he doing? See, Joe is teaching me well. He's looking for practical explanations, and when she starts talking about the mirror worlds he says "that's a little metaphysical for me" logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh shit I forgot... he fucking betrays her and calls the cops! What a piece of shit! Oh my god, I didn't even remember that... and he gets it in the end when it happens to him. This one was pretty cool too. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Hey, Joe's episode is out! logseq.order-list-type:: number
    - Does this episode highlight our complex relationship with reality? logseq.order-list-type:: number
      - oomg what... logseq.order-list-type:: number
      - two approaches of developing rationality: backward checking and forward checking logseq.order-list-type:: number
      - Backward checking - steps back to former situations and tries to relate them to our present situation. The motivation is clear: faced with an unusual thing, we look for more familiar, more basic and clearer situations where we can place our feet on firm ground; and from there, we observe what the unusual thing is like and consider how we can return to our current position while remaining oriented (Wagner 54) logseq.order-list-type:: number
      - With checking forward “the aim is to create something new, to produce a new perspective that will allow us to observe ourselves and our present circumstances from a certain distance” (Wagner 53). With this approach, the person “creates a completely novel kind of discourse and even a new kind of thinking (with its own concepts and rules)” (Wagner 53) logseq.order-list-type:: number
      - It's like the solution to the sunk costs fallacy. Never would have expected this to come up here logseq.order-list-type:: number
      - He's also going deep into doppelgangers, and their relevance to psychoanalysis logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Monsters are Due on Maple Street - Oh yeah, this one is pretty cool... classic people being stupid. Before just a few years ago I would have thought "no way, ppl would never be that stupid, paranoid, and self destructive. But I can no longer put anything past them logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - "They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find, and that's themselves" logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - And the closing narration: logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions
    and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes,
    prejudices ... to be found only in the minds of men. For the record,
    prejudices can kill ... and suspicion can destroy ... and a thoughtless,
    frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own—for the
    children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is ... that
    these things cannot be confined to ... The Twilight Zone!
  - Here for Joe's take
  - Damn, my dude reading Plato for the Just Man concept
  - ...and the fucking Book of Job
  - Ohh, this does get pretty interesting... he finds the flaw in the community's psychological response and instead of remaining objective, assumed an intent and sought meaning for what was happening
- A World of Difference - Oh, hahaha. The one with the actor guy who suddenly doesn't think he's acting. I wasn't too impressed with this before. I genuinely don't know what to say other than "that's weird..." logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Long Live Walter Jameson - This is the teacher who was like thousands of years old logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This is so weird. He's immortal because... he found a weird priest? It just seems so random. Couldn't they have thought of something better? And it's rather ambiguous, the plot summary says she shoots him, but it happens off camera and he was still sitting up and talking. Very strange. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The Kittridge guy is fucking weird too. What's his deal? If it was anything else I'd say it was poorly written... but TZ is never such... I'm actually leaning towards there's a subtle reason for it all, like how weirdly protective he is... Joe, we need you... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- People Are Alike All Over - Oh, hahaha. The one where they go to mars and he gets thrown into a zoo! I like this one because it has a deeply misanthropic tone. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh yeah, it has Vina. She's like... the animal rights activist of the Martian community logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - They said they'd repair his ship...was that a lie, or did they conveniently leave out that they would not be returning him to it? logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Execution - Oh yeah, the guy who gets hanged and goes back in time. He does a great job of playing a maniac. Not much else to really say about it methinks. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Big Tall Wish - Eh, gonna skip this one because I didn't really like it. Can't relate to boxing, and... well it had something interesting to say about believing in magic but I'm gonna pass... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Nice Place to Visit - Oh hahaha the one that Trump likes. This was one of my favorites too, though not because I look up to the guy, unlike that orange dickwad. Let's see how it hits knowing the punchline... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's funny seeing how they avoid giving it away. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Nightmare as a Child - Oh this one is freaky. The little girl on the stairs. She does so well, giving this really creepy vibe. The woman is great too, the tension during their conversation is palpable. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - What a creepy asshole. The way it's filmed is creepy too, the way he keeps getting into her space, and she has to back away. And he explicitly says "I had quite a crush on you"... she was like 6 years old! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I'd forgotten what happened already, but HA! She won! Knocked him right on his ass! Was so good to see. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Stop at Willoughby - Oh, another naggy wife type. They made her such a bitch logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Chaser - Gotta love this one! Such cringe. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - "Sense is all I make... that's why I'm such a lonely man". logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Omg, it's so gross! I think I like it because it highlights how blind and empty love is. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - "Why immediately, will it spoil?" "No, but you might". logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Passage for Trumpet - Think I'll skip this one, kind of generic and unremarkable logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Mr. Bevis - This was kind of dumb too I think. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The After Hours - Oh, the one with the mannequins at the store logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Mighty Casey - Oh damn, it's a baseball one. God, it sure seems like I've written about these before... but I think I must be just remembering my previous thoughts. I vividly remember being like "oh, not baseball", almost as if I'd written it but I'm fairly sure I have not. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Ah, this is the one with the robot pitcher, it was actually quite good. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Kind of far fetched the way they got the robot supplied with a heart, but ok, I can dig it. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It also rests on a flawed notion of the heart being the seat of emotion, but ok. And this was after they considered the heart the distinguishing factor of a human, instead of merely a fancy pump. The story is quite funny though! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's a pretty cool idea, how an android would not understand competition. Kind of like the wormhole aliens in deep space nine! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I quite enjoyed a nasty jab took at the manager, that the robot's designer needed to find "absolutely the worst ball team I could find" as an acid test to prove his efficiency. "Thanks, Doc, you got a lot of class". I don't think I caught that last time I saw it. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A World of His Own - Oh, hahaha. The playwrite guy with the mistress and... who would ever guess... a naggy wife. She's a great actress! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Hey, so that's all of season 1! That last one was really special because it had Rod Serling actually in the story. So now I have 3 seasons left to review, hahaha
Season 2
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- King Nine Will Not Return - I don't remember this one yet. Seems kinda boring. Oh yeah, the thing where the doctors say he was imagining being in the desert but then there's sand in his shoes. Gonna skip. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Man in the bottle - This one was funny. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room - Oh, I liked this one I think. The reluctant hitman who meets his reflection logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Thing About Machines - Oh, this is the bad tempered man who destroys all of his electronics. It's kind of dumb actually, though somewhat satisfying seeing him smash shit. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Howling Man - Oh yeah, the weird devil man. This hits totally different knowing that these cultists are actually right. It fooled me, by playing on my own skepticism and hatred of religion logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Eye of the Beholder - This one was great, and has significant meaning to me. Again, it will be interesting to see how it comes across knowing the reveal. I didn't catch the clues the first time, I just thought it was weird that they were not showing anyone's faces, but somehow didn't question it further. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The way those nurses talk shit behind her back is sickening. That was quite the touch there. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I was able to still appreciate the reveal because this time I noticed the music and cinematography more and it was so powerful! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Nick of Time - Yay, we get to see our favorite dufus! It's a pretty fitting role for Mr. Shatner, isn't it? Kind of a weak minded piece of shit. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's so funny, it's one of the most annoying characters and he nails it logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Huh, they already had the near-accident, and it's barely half over... oh right, now they're back in the store logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The girl is so sweet, and so rational, and he's such a stupid asshole. It's way worse than I even remember logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - There's not really a twist, only it gets really emotional because he's such an idiot, and finally she talks some sense into him, but only after he makes her cry! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Lateness of the Hour - Oh, we're getting to the ones recorded on videotape. This is the one with the house with the robots. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It probably sounds weird but I actually agree with the father. The world is fucked. Best to avoid people. Honestly she should move out... Oh but they won't let her! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh shit, I forgot the ending and accidentally spoiled it by reading the plot summary. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Trouble With Templeton - The one where the guy has a younger wife who is fooling around on him. I think it's the one with the asshole director? And he visits the bar (in the TZ) and puts the guy in his place by asserting his seniority. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Most Unusual Camera - hehehe, this one was silly. very memorable, excellent premise. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh funny, I think I missed the part last time, where he first hypothesizes that it's a "gag camera", like a cutout thing at the carnival. Nice touch. They're so ridiculously goofy. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Night of the Meek - Oh, it's the one with drunk Santa. This one was ok I guess. It has that funny guy with the distinctive voice. There was a kitty in the bag! Lol, these guys are so gay, Mr. Dundee and the cop. They were practically holding hands walking home drunk. Was super cute. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Dust - oh hahaha the magic dust. It's a nice story... but this time I'm thinking, what about all the people who are wrongfully executed without divine intervention, or whatever it was. The real message is that people need to literally witness a supernatural event for compassion to overpower their hatred. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Back There - Oh, a time travel thing. Dud kind of looks like Jon Stewart. Russell Johnson is his name. Not a very remarkable show, but not bad. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Whole Truth - Hahahaha the one with the car salesman. So silly. This one was hard for me to understand. Actually I still don't quite get it. logseq.order-list-type:: number
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> When Harvey's brutally honest answer about the rest of the cars on the lot convinces Grimbley that the curse is real, he suggests selling the car to someone else who made a living on lies, showing him a newspaper story about the U.S. playing host to visiting [Soviet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union) leader [Nikita Khrushchev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev). Surmising that, like every [totalitarian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarian) state, the Soviet Union owes its existence to a tissue of lies, Hunnicut calls the Soviet embassy and convinces its representatives to visit his dealership. By being absolutely half-truthful, he sells the car as a potential [anti-American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-American) [propaganda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda) tool, exemplifying shoddy, outdated U.S. automobile [workmanship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workmanship).  
  
> By the concluding scene, it seems that Hunnicut is about to change the course of history because the passenger watching the sale from the embassy limousine now has his name on paper as the haunted vehicle's owner. It appears to be none other than [Khrushchev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchev). Hunnicut telephones Washington, asking if he could possibly get in touch with "[Jack Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy)".  
```
- The Invaders - Oh the one with the old woman in the farm house. I wonder how it hits knowing the twist. For one, it's notable how earth-centric it is in the depiction of an alien race. Actually I'm bored. Gonna skip to the next one. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A penny for your Thoughts - Hehehe the one with the guy who can suddenly hear thoughts. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Twenty Two - This one was creepy as fuck. The one with the girl with the nightmares about being called into the morgue, and then she ends up avoiding a plane crash. The sound was mixed very wrong in the beginning. You can't hear Rod's opening at all. Also I think I can tell that it was recorded on videotape. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Odyssey of Flight 33 - Oh, is this that weird one... no, I thought it was that boring one with the missing plane or whatever. But actually, it's the one with the dinosaurs! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It sure captures the tension well, that's for sure logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Ha ha ha! I didn't appreciate this last time because I guess I wasn't paying full attention. But when they saw that dinosaur it was a hell of a climax. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - What happens after this? I don't even remember! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Whoa... it doesn't resolve! How? How did I miss that? Incredible! What a unique story. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Ah, it's based on the Flying Dutchman myth, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - But they were running out of fuel! That's a bit of a problem... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Mr. Dingle, the Strong - It has that guy! The glasses guy, lol. Oh yeah, this is the one with the aliens, it's great. The aliens are so funny looking, they're 2-headed robot looking things. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's also hilarious when he breaks the rocks and tosses them and they look like foam logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Funny (actually not) how the aliens are disappointed that he's using his incredible strength for money and spectacle, instead of violence. Yes, because obviously any advanced race would be as dominating and destructive as us logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Static - Kind of stock episode about nostalgia. This one was recorded on tape. Thinking about how I used to have to put the antenna a certain way to (sort of) get the radio station clearly. But it's probably better than videos buffering because of bad internet. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Those assholes! They got rid of his radio, that really stings. And he has to buy it back! What did they think was going to happen? logseq.order-list-type:: number
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    Ed professes his love for Vinnie and embraces her, determined to do things right this time around
  - This is not actually in the episode! They hug, and he says "Dear, dear Vinnie" but that's it! Why do they fill in these absent details? It's quite annoying logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Prime Mover - Not a whole lot to say about this. It's cool how, though the dude was such an asshole and got what he had coming, that he was such a good sport about it in the end. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh, lol I forgot about the final scene where it's revealed that Jimbo never actually lost his power. It's easy to miss because it's so subtle... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Long Distance Call - Oh this must be the one where the woman calls the cemetery... oh no, it's the one with the grandson. His parents are such assholes. They're in good company... They're liars logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This is all sorts of disturbing. Probably one of the heavier ones logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Hundred Yards Over the Rim - This one was interesting. Can't remember exactly how it ends... I remember him disappearing back over the rim but what happens to their party? He had the penicillin, so I guess his son gets better, but what about food and water? Does it get resolved any more than that? Oh, he finds out about a natural spring. We find out that his son went on to become a doctor. Apparently he read through the medical manual and just happened to see his son's name and birthday. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - They called the cops on him, supposedly for his safety, but then he left, why the fuck would they have any right to go after him? He didn't do anything wrong... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Rip Van Winkle Caper - This has that guy... he was the psychiatrist in Psycho who explains it at the end. In here he's a fucking asshole who tries stealing all the gold only to drive off a cliff! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Silence - Oh, hahahaha the guy who wouldn't shut up so the dude said he would give him half a million dollars to not talk for a year. Knowing the outcome makes it seem incredibly cruel. Is it explained how no one knows he doesn't have any money? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Omg, he's so desperate, he's begging him to end it, and knowing the reason why... what a silly story! And he said twice that he "forced" him into the situation, of having to reveal that he's a fraud. When the whole thing was his doing. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Shadow Play - Oh, the one with the guy with the recurring nightmare of being executed. This was pretty cool, I liked it better than last time because it made more sense. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Mind and the Matter - Oh, hahaha. This one has special meaning to me, because the guy is annoyed by people, but I have a whole lot I could say about how he completely failed to use his time wisely when miraculously freed from the hell of other people. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - What did he do? Nothing! He sat in his office bored. He had the whole world to himself! Isn't there anything he wanted to do in a world finally not filled with assholes trying to control your every thought? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It was trying to make a point, but I don't buy it, because I think I'm more misanthropic than the writer (or even most people). Now, if it had made the point another way, by highlighting our interdependence, I suppose I wouldn't be able to brush it off so hard. But... he got bored. That's it. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The character arc is what makes it good. He ends up gaining appreciation for people. But for me, it would take quite a lot more. And also, we'd have to live in a world without a bunch of assholes perpetuating a pandemic and making the planet uninhabitable. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Cats. He just needed to get cats. His reflection suggests a dog! But he says he never cared for animals... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - We also get the scene with female Archibald, nice trans moment logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up - The one where the people are stuck in a diner because there was a UFO, and there's one extra person so they don't know who is the alien. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I think I remember there were several aliens, from both Venus and Mars or something logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Kind of like a variation of the Maple Street episode, but less extreme. And this one had them interacting with the humans directly logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Obsolete Man - Ah, this one was probably one of my favorites! And the last one of the season. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Again, it's reminiscent of a previous one, with the same guy even. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This one is like a metaphor for AI, at least that's how I'm taking it... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I'd normally be put off with the religion shit, but I think I can give this a pass, just because it's so good, and integral to the story. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh the dude even blows himself up! logseq.order-list-type:: number
Season 3
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- Two - Oh, the one with the 2 people from warring factions who were the only survivors and needed to not kill each other logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This is so weird.... she's afraid of him, but doesn't stop following him around logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Then he tells her to put on the sexy dress... inn a kind of commanding tone which is a little bit gross logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Arrival - Oh, this is that boring one with the phantom plane. Yeah that was weird. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Shelter - Omg this one. People at their absolute finest. My god, this is like the most annoying show I've ever seen, because people are actually that stupid. And some of them were trying to talk sense, saying that they can't all fit in there anyway, they'd be killing everyone for no reason. Fucking pieces of shit. I hate everyone logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - "For the human race to survive, humans need to remain civilized". Fucking lying delusional assholes. We've never been civilized. Fuck off. Ok let's watch another to get this awful taste out... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Passersby - The weird one with the road, and the guy with the homemade guitar logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Game of Pool - Is this... yeah, I didn't like this either logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Mirror - I didn't like this one either.... I think the priest is the guy from the magic dust episode logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The plot summary says that he was killed by accident because the gun went off when it hit the floor or the mirror. But there's too much of a time lapse, it seemed pretty obvious that he shot himself. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Grave - I don't even remember this one... maybe it got skipped by accident? Oh wait... is this the one where he gets stuck in the grave or something? Oh yeah... something about her cloak blowing the wrong way or something? Yep. Kid of boring, though. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- It's a Good Life - Oh! Hahaha the one with the brat kid with the power to destroy people, and they all have to pretend everything is perfect. I think I really liked this one. Oh... it's one that's considered by many to be one of the best ones. I was probably a bit less overwhelmed by it, but it's definitely, so delightfully silly and uniquely so. Oh yeah, there was a Simpsons parody. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Death's Head Revisited - Oh yeah, the one where the guy visits the concentration camp and has to switch roles. It's always nice seeing evil people pay. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Why the fuck is he there? Nostalgia? A bit far fetched but ok. Does he die? I don't remember. I hope he dies, lol logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - No, he goes insane and is taken to a hospital in a catatonic state logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Midnight Sun - Oh! This one was neat! The woman painting the sun in the heat of a planet that is drifting towards the sun and becoming uninhabitable. Hmmm.... sound like anything relevant? Fucking people. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The twist iirc, is that the reverse is actually true, and it's a dream she's having while passed out from hypothermia or something. Ha, she even says something about, what if she could just wake up, fantasizing that it's all a dream. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's actually set on Earth, New York City to be exact. It's filmed really well, the way their faces are dripping with sweat, it's... kinda hot logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - That fucking dude... damn you could feel the creepiness. He breaks in, wrestles her gun from her using his disgusting brute man strength, steals water, and proceeds to trauma dump and break down, and beg their forgiveness, and it's just like... fucking go away! Hey, it has the waterfall at taghannock! She calls out Ithaca logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Still Valley - A stupid war episode. There's one guy who doesn't see the point of fighting. Is it the one... yes, I think it's the one with the weird magic spell that freezes time or something... makes sense by the title... yep. I wonder how it was filmed. Are they statues? Actual actors remaining completely still? The dude seems like kind of an idiot, I guess it's like, soldier brain or something. His mind is only on killin' yanks. Because they obviously need to die. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - And if the war shit isn't annoying enough, we have... religion shit! It took an interesting premise and turned it into a pile of shit. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Jungle - Oh, this weird supernatural thing with the guy from the real estate company that's taking over the native African tribes to build a dam... oh, yeah, him and his wife get killed by a lion. Good stuff. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Wait, so he's a skeptic... so why is he speaking of witchcraft in the meeting? He seems totally conflicted. logseq.order-list-type:: number
    
    When he opens the bedroom door, he finds an adult male lion on the bed,
    as well as his wife's corpse, as the lion leaps toward him consuming his
    flesh offscreen.
  - Huh? I hate this shit. Why should the plot summary fill in blanks? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I wonder if it was a real lion, or how they did that. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Once Upon a Time - Oh, the one that's like an old silent film, partially anyway. It's kind of like, fucking annoying. It's funny, but very much slapstick humor which gets on my nerves. Like this one dude is an asshole, but then they oddly make a good team. Overall, I'd give it a good rating for absolute uniqueness, but yeah, I found it rather annoying. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Five Characters in Search of an Exit - Oh, hehehe this one is super cute. Almost weirder knowing what they really are. So creepy. It's Matt Decker, from the Doomsday Machine. I recognized his voice, but not his person. He's got that fucking annoying whiny voice! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The utter futility of the escape, only to be thrown back in. And the obvious metaphor... but hey. I didn't even catch the final message last time, which makes it a much more hopeful story: logseq.order-list-type:: number
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    Just a barrel, a dark depository where are kept the counterfeit,
    make-believe pieces of plaster and cloth, wrought in a distorted image
    of human life. But this added hopeful note: perhaps they are unloved
    only for the moment. In the arms of children, there can be nothing but
    love.
  - Isn't that nice? If only it could be true, that this life is just a waiting room. Unfortunately, many believe this to be true, which is a terrible mistake that is literally ruining all life because these assholes don't care about preserving human life. They exist in a cult of death. Fuck those people, because of them we're all screwed, along with everyone who comes (or would have come) after us. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - How's that for a takeaway. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- A Quality of Mercy - Oh this is a stupid war one... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - hey! I was like "that guy looks like leonard nimoy", and I looked and it is! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Nothing in the Dark - Oh, the one with the old woman who has been avoiding death logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - omg, she was right too. Stings a bit knowing that. No! Don't open the door! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It would have been reasonable without the deception. Fucking piece of shit... has to trick her to exploit her compassion. Goes to show what happens if you trust someone. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Ah, then the fucking contractor who broke into her house and made her fall to the floor unconscious. 'I'm not a monster"... no, I just assault elderly women logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - If only it was that easy, and after death we just... moved on without hardly noticing. It's so comforting of a notion that it's kind of deeply depressing, knowing that death is, as far as we can assume, the end logseq.order-list-type:: number
- One More Pallbearer - Oh damn, another real heavy one. The guy with the fake doomsday room or whatever. What an asshole. They kind of came up with the most unlikable character possible! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Amazing, to find out that you are such an asshole that everyone would literally rather die than stay in a room with you. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It has a great message, because the dude is a rich business tycoon logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Lol, they're really roasting him good. This one was very well done. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Dead Man's Shoes - This one was kind of silly. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Hunt - Oh, the one with the guy with the wife that doesn't want the buggy dog in the house, then he dies and... I think it was pretty funny but I forgot... The devil tried to trick him... but the dog saved him, that's right. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Showdown with Rance McGrew - an old west one, these are always fun. I don't remember this at all yet. Oh, I guess it's the one with the actor who finds himself in a real showdown. yep. It's fun to watch because it's a set within a set, and the actors are acting like actors! They even did stunts and outtakes, it's brilliant! And I never even noticed that before. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The unique trick here is that the real Jesse James knows the guy is just an actor, and that's his problem! He doesn't like the way he's being portrayed on film. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Kick the Can - This one was kind of weird... well, they're all weird, but I didn't find it particularly compelling... logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Is it the guy from that one...What You Need! Yeah it is! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - When I get old can I go to the twilight zone? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - He stole their can. Lol, what a dick logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Piano in the House - oh, hahaha the asshole and the player piano logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This one is great, I love it! Oh, the poor beautiful lady. Well she sure makes a fool of him. Love this one! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - How exactly are the piano rolls associated with the people? The plot kind of hangs on it but I don't know how it works logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Why are they laughing at the dancing lady? I genuinely don't get it. I guess it was to establish that he was using her as laughing stock for his guests, but it pointed out in the summary that his wife and her friend were visibly disturbed and not laughing because they knew that it was not a routine. So I guess it checks out. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank - This one is hella boring,, the guy who was dead and then wasn't, and everyone was assholes logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Wtf, this one was weird... logseq.order-list-type:: number
- To Serve Man - We know this one, fun! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Fugitive - Oh! Hahaha, it's the communist logseq.order-list-type:: number
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> science fiction, the improbable made possible; fantasy, the impossible made probable.  
```
  - What an annoying bitch, lol, the girl's aunt. I feel bad for the actress because she's probably really nice, hahaha logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I like this one, because they're bad guys that did a terriible thing, but then it turns out to be sort of justified. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Does it redeem the aunt at all? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Haha no, but they sure got those assholes! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Little Girl Lost - Oh, the creepy one with the girl who disappeared behind her bed. It get a Simpsons parody. One critic called it the the "first great script" of The Twilight Zone logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The filming of this is really cool logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Person or Persons Unknown - Lol, the dude who suddenly doesn't seem to be who he thinks he is. Classic TZ. My my, that would be so freaky. When he called who was supposed to be his mom. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - How does this one resolve? Or... unresolve? logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - omg what... it was a fucking dream, ahahaha. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh, but that wasn't even the twist! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Little People - Oh yeah, this dude is an asshole. Almost unbelievably so... unless you think about human nature logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Four O'Clock - Hahaha, this one is funny. The guy who is trying to exterminate the world of communists logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - This one is fucking funny! The guy's acting is so overdone and it makes it hilarious. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I like the girl too, she reminds me of my friend Miriam logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - The idea of an FBI agent coming to his house responding to a phone call... they don't do that, do they? logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Hocus Pocus and Frisby - Oh, the guy who compulsively tells tall tales who goes on a journey... to the twilight zone, has a monumental experience and then no one believes him logseq.order-list-type:: number
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> He has all the drive of a broken [camshaft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camshaft) and the aggressive vinegar of a corpse.  
```
  - Dude sounds like Penn Jillette. Everything he says is great, lol logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - What a great twist! Saved by the harmonica... with no evidence of the event logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Trade-Ins - Oh, the place that upgrades bodies logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Aw, fucking capitalists ruin everything. They had the potential to give them both a new life, but they didn't have enough money so they end up with nothing. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - I guess that's a negative look at it, but we aint got any more positivity for humanity. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - If I were to try anyway, I'd say that it wasn't for nothing, but it proved their love logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Or maybe... it's a nonsensical thing anyway, that life should be magically extended. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - But no... the real message is that people can do such incredible things, but then undermine themselves and ruining everything. Fucking assholes. Nothing can exist unless someone is benefiting off others death. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh and there's that weird part where he tries to gamble to raise money. Ultimately it's a wash and seemingly a waste of time... except it's not, because it has a purpose, to show us something about him, and something about other people. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It's the guy from that episode of star trek! logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Such a powerful story. And depressing. She couldn't stand to look at him, so it highlighted yet another horrible human failing... our obsession with appearance. logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Gift - It's that guy from the magic dust one. I don't think I followed this very much last time. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - It sure sounds like the kid is reading. I wonder if that's intended. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Fucking assholes. And the moral was that we need "a little more faith". No! Just don't be fucking assholes! logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Dummy - Ew. What's up with this dude. The way he attacked that girl was disturbing. logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Oh wait... I thought this was the other one, where the dummy had him commit robbery. But no this one was... weird. I didn't even catch it last time, because I'm not sure how effectively they conveyed that the ventriloquist and dummy had switched places logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Young Man's Fancy - Oh yeah, I think this one was sort of annoying... dude's house is haunted by his late mother. Dude is so annoying. His poor wife has to treat him like a toddler because he can't even do one thing. At least he gets his 2 fucking ice cream cones logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Sing the Body Electric - oh, another cyborg one. The fake grandmaa, lol logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - lol, the ad was in a magazine next to aphrodisiacs logseq.order-list-type:: number
- Cavender is Coming - Eh.. was fun, I guess. She did a great job of acting like a clutz, you could really feel her pain when she was trying to do that stupid job logseq.order-list-type:: number
- The Changing of the Guard - This one is pretty heavy logseq.order-list-type:: number
  - Omg I'm actually crying. I wish life could possibly be this meaningful... imagine being at your lowest point, about to end it all, and be literally visited by all the people who you helped. It's just... tragic that it's just not so amazing logseq.order-list-type:: number
Season 4
- 1. In His Image - Oh, nice. The one with the android. Hits somewhat different knowing it. It's funny how he killed the evangelist
  - This one is pretty epic but hardly holds up when you think about how the dude would manage to take over for his android likeness without his fiance realizing
  - Incredible willpower not to kill the girl
- 1. The Thirty-Fathom Grave - This one was weird. The one on the ship where the guy goes insane. Wasn't too impressed with this one. The one with the submarine with the incessant banging. Tedious as fuck.
  - Oh yeah... these ones are an hour long
  - I liked it better this time I guess, the captain's words were really powerful about not accepting guilt
- 1. Valley of the Shadow - Oh, the one with Scotty, lol.
  - Oh, the poor doggy... oh haha, it's that guy, from star trek, the asshole
  - Funny, it's an origin of the transporter, and it has Scotty in it.
  - Oh it also has food synthesizers
  - Funny how he tries to manipulate the girl (even though he's right), and she makes him think that it worked
  - Ew, they make it into a stupid love story. Or is she just faking it...
  - Nah, she really fell in love with the dude in like a day. Yawn.
- 1. He's Alive - Oh boy, it's the Nazi one, the guy who preaches on the street and meets Hitler
  - This is gross, because it confronts the ugly truth of the shittiest people on Earth. "Make their hate your hate"
- 1. Mute - I don't remember this yet, but I think I saw this in a movie recently, where there was a cult that developed telepathy by vowing not to speak ever? Or am I just remembering this?
  - Oh, it is this! That was just the introduction that I didn't pay much attention to last time.
  - Yeah I remember this, I was really disturbed by the teacher, even though she appeared to get good results
  - Yeah, lol I just got to the part where she goes to school and I think I'mma bow out, it's borderline abusive
  - I skipped ahead because I just didn't want to see that teacher tormenting her.
- 1. Death Ship - Oh I think I remember this one. Feels like a saw it quite recently, which I sort of did, but it usually seems more faded
  - But I don't remember the end.
  - The captain's an asshole, lol.
  - Fucking space travel... would have been better if no one ever thought of it. "But humans are natural explorers"! Fucking no we're not. Not of outer space. It would have been fine if we didn't take science fiction for an actual depiction of our future, and cause us to waste huge amounts of money on it that could be used to feed people.
  - God it would actually be way less annoying if the dude wasn't such a cranky prick.
  - Oh it's a flying dutchman story...
- 1. Jess-Belle - I think this one was cute... oh, the witch one... actually it was pretty weird, lol. She like... turns into a cat??
  - I find this primarily annoying because of the love shit... It's got a really creepy vibe though
- 1. Miniature - It this the one with the dude in the museum obsessed with the dollhouse? Lol, funny as fuck. It is this one! This one is so cute. I'd go live in a dollhouse with a tiny Victorian piano lady, as long as I could take my kitties.
  - I bet Joe would be asking "What is the role of the security guard at the museum?" He's always there challenging him, but he was really friendly and curious that one time just asking Charlie what he was seeing, but he got defensive
  - "You need a girl", his sister says. "You need a job", his mom says. Oh, hahaha he goes on a date! And it's hilarious!
  - The guard ends up being the one who saw him in the case! Amazing! Sure, I saw this before but I didn't remember that part... I just thought there was something special about that guy, he genuinely wanted to understand. And he's the only one who did. Love this one.
- 1. Printer's Devil - Oh, I remember this! The guy with the magic printer! Love the actor, here he's literally the devil. He seems to be having so much fun with the role.
  - One of the stories like, "if only". Wasn't there another one like that recently? Where someone was answered while in the depths of despair... if only the world worked that way... kind of a creep though
  - Ahahahahaha this one is amazing! Especially when you know how he ends up tricking him out of the deal
  - Satisfying, every aspect of it. Then there's the one foil, the secretary, with the only sense of doubt. Of course, she's going to be the one to save him. I say "of course", as if it was obvious the first time, which it certainly wasn't
  - Ew... this one gets real bad, real quick
  - Oh wait, no he saves her. Oh yeah, this is great. What a great story.
- 1. No Time Like the Past - Oh, the one where the guy goes back in time to warn Japan about the bomb, and no one takes him seriously.
  - These ones I find a little frustrating, because they're always like "how do u know", and they're like "if I told you, you wouldn't believe me"
  - And then suddenly we're in Trump... I mean Nazi Germany. Oh yeah, he's trying to kill Hitler, lol
  - Then we're on a ship, which is about to be torpedoed.
  - Hold on... I'm going back to the beginning to get the setup better. So it's a guy with a fancy time machine. And his assistant is skeptical.
  - It's supposed to make us realize the absurdity I guess
  - Their philosophical conversation seems important, but I'm having difficulty focusing.
  - His friend is concerned about safety, but it's probably more than that. He brings up risks, and he counters with the accepted risks we take complacently
  - "you don't care for the 20th century?"
  - "We live in a cesspool, a septic tank". Good stuff he's a based misanthrope
  - The machine is quite impressive, the way it's elevated
  - It's just... hard to suspend disbelief because it plays like a slapstick skit. How would he expect to explain himself with that kind of intel? Right, you can't. The absurdity is that he didn't anticipate that.
  - Wait huh, this just got weird. That was to set the stage for his next discussion with his friend, who explains that the past cannot be changed. So then he says he's just gonna go back to live, he hits him with the "but what if you accidentally change one tiny thing and cause a chain reaction"? It's almost parody, again.
  - Is he able to come back? No, I think it's assumed to be permanent.
  - That speech at the dinner table. And the girl runs after him, she's like in love... oh boy...
  - wtf, he tells her to take a hike after making a little embrace
  - This is heartbreaking. Better than the similar one where the dickhead tries to buy oil wells which turn out to be too deep to drill with the tech at the time.
  - The preamble makes a lot of sense now, it was great character development, to teach him about futility.
  - Oh, he goes back? How? He took a time machine with him?
  - This one was weird. How does he time travel, by thinking?
- 1. The Parallel - Oh, hahaha. Didn't I just see this? The one where the astronaut is replaced with his mirror double.
  - Damn, they really ratcheted up the tension in that one. Sweet episode, understood it better this time. Last time I was pretty lost.
- 1. I dream of Genie - Another genie in the bottle episode.
  - Ew, yeah this one is totally gross. He makes the girl fall for him and it's cringe af
  - they made the girl so dumb, and all the guys are gaga over her, so you don't know who is more embarrassing, lol
  - "Love?! Whaddaya some kinda kook?"
  - There's this extended fantasy scene... it doesn't advance the plot, it must be for character development. Oh there's another one. And it's so ridiculous
  - It's a 50 minute episode, and it doesn't even get to the wish until the very end.
  - I must have confused it with one of the other ones where the guy gets the girl and regrets it because she's so clingy.
- 1. The New Exhibit - Oh the wax murderers? This one seems so familiar like I just watched it.
  - Hahaha this one is great. The wax Jack the Ripper kills (?) his wife because she was going to unplug the air conditioner
  - I sure hope that Dave guy dies, lol
  - lol, he sure did
- 1. Of Late I Think of Cliffordville - Oh it's the one where the tycoon dude goes back in time and tries to invest in oil
  - The fucking dude's daughter, omg. They had her screeching at the piano and the dude is appalled. I wonder if he remembered her differently?
  - Good, classic asshole gets it fun.
- 1. The Incredible World of Horace Ford - This one is creepy, that kid with the grin who gives the watch back
- 1. On Thursday We Leave for Home - Ah, the one with that space colony with the cult leader dude who ends up marooning himself there
  - Ah, imagine that. This one is very well done. Dude's an asshole, lol. Captain Bentene
- 1. Passage on the Lady Anne - Is this the one with the death boat... wow, it is, but it seems like I just saw this...
  - This dude sure has a stick up his ass, they're sure hammering that down.
  - Oh I see it's like a slapstick type thing, supposed to be over the top. It might be somehow more ominous when you know what's gonna happen.
  - It's the old lady who was avoiding death in that other episode
  - I might like this one the most of all the boat episodes, actually
  - It's just so weird. It reminds me of the time I signed up for a college course at a high school, and they wouldn't let me in
- 1. The Bard - This is the season finale. Oh shit... That means it's the last one!
  - It's the wannabe writer who summons Shakespeare from a black magic book or whatever
  - That bookstore lady tho
  - The bus driver.... and the little girl, who is she the landlady's daughter or something
  - Nice harpsichord music
  - lol, he's doing a satire of the fucking TV industry
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- 1. In Praise of Pip - This was really boring.
- 1. Steel - lol, android boxing. wtf that was boring af
- 1. Nightmare at 20,000 feet - hey, I've been waiting for this one! William Shatner is in it. This one was great! It's the classic story of the gremlin on the wing of the plane.
- 1. A Kind of a Stopwatch - neat premise, but didn't really go anywhere with it...
- 1. The Last Night of a Jockey - this was cute! great actor, pulled off the whole thing solo.
- 1. Living Doll - This is so fucking good! And for once they made the man the stupid asshole instead of the woman, lol. The ending was a bit underwhelming, though. I didn't like that the doll revealed itself to Annabelle, and also... the closing narration describes it as murder, when it was his own negligence! He tripped over her on the stairs, he should have been looking! Weak. I suppose she was gonna get him one way or another...
- 1. The Old Man in the Cave - omg fucking assholes... I hope they die, lol. They're really doing their work to get us to hate these pigs so I'm expecting a fitting payoff. Oh! They faked us out! Thought we were getting it... so we did, but it was so abrupt that it felt almost anticlimactic. There was too much going on, there was a kind of "Landru" thing there which could have been fleshed out more, but I personally would have left it out in favor of a fuller payoff.
- 1. Uncle Simon - ooh, a Robby the Robot story. Ha, this is great. This show is certainly great about depicting people as accurately stupid and hostile. This is so wild, I love it! Aw damn... it ended too quickly! It was so great, I wish it could have been longer!
- 1. Probe 7, Over and Out - A nice space one, these are usually good. Apparently it's a shaggy God story, which "attempts to explain Biblical concepts with science fiction tropes. The term is a pun on the phrase shaggy dog story. This episode is a classic example. That was cool, especially for a biblical thing. I'm eepy... gonna go eep
- 1. The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms - God dammit it's a war one, those are usually boring. Lol, it put me right to sleep. Now I'm trying again, but I'm fucking eepy still ohh no... finally finished it after a long questionable nap. Probably one of the worst ones I've ever seen... so boring. Next...
- 1. A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain - This refers to the fountain of youth. I like it better already. Let's go. Lol, this is funny, in a very strange way. Not spectacular, just silly, but not terrible. hahaha.
- 1. Ninety Years Without Slumbering - Hey, this is that guy! Ed Wynn, from Mary Poppins, the tea party on the ceiling guy! Oh yeah, I guess he was also in One for the Angels. Meh. Next...
- 1. Ring-a-Ding Girl - God, this one is so boring too. Can I please get a good one?
- 1. You Drive - This one is kind of funny. Not spectacular. I might need more sleep.
- 1. The Long Morrow - Oh, it's that guy! Gary Seven. Oh no... this one was so fucking sad... actually heartbreaking, but like so many of these, suffers from being incredibly cut short. It was a situation not unlike Interstellar, where the final climactic scene carried so much emotional weight, but then one of them tells the other to go away because it was just too much to bear.
- 1. The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross - omg, this guy is annoying. Good premise though! Plus it's fun to watch him get it. Oh god, this is actually really frustrating. And accurate. The good girl falling for the asshole just because he has money. Fuck this shit. Ew! No, this is gross! No! I hate this! Omg! What a twist! This one turned out great! Though I was still disgusted by how weak they made the girl. But at least he got what came to him.
- 1. Number 12 Looks Just Like You - "It is set in a dystopian future in which everyone, upon reaching adulthood, has their body surgically
    altered into one of a set of physically attractive models." Ha, this sounds interesting. Ha! It sure is a funny idea. Maybe I'm just in a better mood? This one is fascinating, and genuinely disturbing. Another great story. Let's just hope it follows through... oh... it was not a happy ending... ouch. That was so sad!
- 1. Black Leather Jackets - lol, one of these guys is the asshole from that Star Trek with the roman god or whoever it was. That was weird. Funny premise, but not so sure what the message is supposed to be... the aliens are to exterminate humans because they're evil, then the one is like "no, they're actually not...", but I kind of think they were right... I suppose I'm misanthropic enough to believe that we should be destroyed...
- 1. Night Call - creepy. and kind of sad... that's all. I'm getting eepy, that's enough for tonight... eh, I'll do one more
- 1. From Agnes—With Love - Holy shit, this is great! It's about artificial intelligence, and actually has an extremely apt message. Here is the opening narration:
  - James Elwood: master programmer. In charge of Mark 502-741, commonly
    known as Agnes, the world's most advanced electronic computer. Machines
    are made by men for man's benefit and progress, but when man ceases to
    control the products of his ingenuity and imagination he not only risks
    losing the benefit, but he takes a long and unpredictable step into...
    the Twilight Zone.
  - omg, that was cringe as fuck. maybe the most cringe one so far. certainly entertaining, but fucking sexist, oh my god. The computer literally said "All girls same". And again, we have a woman who is so stupid that all a guy needs is a suntan and a sports car and she's tearing her clothes off and drooling over him.
  - Alright, what's next...
- 1. Spur of the Moment - Kind of par for the course, which at this point is pretty good. Another one with a very abrupt, depressing ending, with asshole dudes and stupid women chasing them! Ha!
- 1. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - This one is a French film! Well that was cool. Somewhat predictable but satisfying nonetheless. Now I'm getting eepy.
- 1. Queen of the Nile - this was fun, pretty standard. Femme fatale story. Ok, now I'm starting to fall asleep, lol but for some reason I'm not ready for bed yet...
- 1. What's in the Box - Yep, another one following the same formula, but a TV repairman played by the voice of Winnie the Pooh! Also, big sexist episode. Bitch drives her husband to punch her out a window to her death...
- 1. The Masks - hahaha this one is funny. Such a satisfying reveal. Bunch of assholes afraid to wear masks, bitching and complaining and getting what they deserve.
- 1. I Am the Night—Color Me Black - this one was really heavy and had no twist... which is kind of a twist for this show.
- 1. Sounds and Silences - Silly. Funny because it was apparently based on a script someone sent in that was rejected, and he sued and got $3500.
- 1. Caesar and Me - This was funny too. Used the same ventriloquist dummy as the other one.
- 1. The Jeopardy Room - Ah, that was splendid! Kept us on edge, and couldn't have really guessed the ending
- 1. Stopover in a Quiet Town - hahaha this was classic! Peak TTZ is when you spend the whole episode wondering what is going on, and it's revealed in the last 2 minutes, and you'd never know what it is
- 1. The Encounter - oh my god. this one was heavy. the only original episode pulled from syndication because of racial overtones. It's George Takei!
- 1. Mr. Garrity and the Graves - lol, this one silly. Had a nice twist at the end too, even after we thought it was over. I looked at the time and was like "oh... it's not even done yet, what's gonna happen?"
- 1. The Brain Center at Whipple's - nice, this one is about labor automation. Oh we need to increase efficiency by replacing workers with machines, because our competitors are! And we got a cameo from Robbie!
- 1. Come Wander with Me - wow. this one was pretty out there...
- 1. The Fear - hahaha that was funny. stupid cop, big man with gun. omg, there's only 1 left...
- 1. The Bewitchin' Pool - well that was kind of weird. Almost seems like there wasn't enough material so they started out with a cliffhanger scene which was repeated once the story caught up. Interesting format, but left something to be desired, especially for the final episode. So damn... I watched all of them! Time to go back to season 1 and write something like this for all of them.

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Season 1

Season 2

The Whole Truth - Hahahaha the one with the car salesman. So silly. This one was hard for me to understand. Actually I still don't quite get it. logseq.order-list-type:: number

Season 3

The Fugitive - Oh! Hahaha, it's the communist logseq.order-list-type:: number

Hocus Pocus and Frisby - Oh, the guy who compulsively tells tall tales who goes on a journey... to the twilight zone, has a monumental experience and then no one believes him logseq.order-list-type:: number

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